Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-04
WASHINGTON.

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Third door to the left, up stairs
Historian.
WASHINGTON.
The telephone line between CGul
d'Alene and the mines has been pur
chased Of G. B. Hopkins by the
Spokane Falls Telephone Telegraph
Company. Il will De extended e
Spokane Falls In the spring.
During December eighteen vessel,
cleared foreign from the Columbia,
There were fourteen wheat cargOes,
carrying $50, 49i bushels Of wheat,
valued at $7l1,614; three -four car
goes, carrying As, 493 barrels of -four,
valued at $193, 972; and one lumber
cargo Of sal 900, valued at s.. 900, q
total for the month of $9l3, $50. Ia
November there sailed, foreign,
twenty-,hree vessels, carrying 935, 042
bushels of wheat. valued at 1878, 7S7;
so, 499 barrels Of -four, valued Of
1910. 10S; $500 cases of salmon,
worth $4,000. and 210, 900 feet OF
lumber, worth $2lO0, a total for that
month, Of 81, 100. 095, and for the
last sixty days of 1886, Of 81, 019, 6el.
The Colville Miner says: The
Portland mine, which is situated ad.
joining the Old Dominion mine on
the south, seven miles east Of this
city, has turned out to be one Of the
most extensive and richest silver pro.
dnCing mines in Washington Terri
tory. The property was located by
George and Fred Pfunder about q
year and half ago, and was pros
pected by them under great difficult
ties and at . very heavy expense.
Last week the miners burst into q
heavy ledge Of black metal that
assayed over $500 in silver to the ton.
This body of ore was penetrated
seven feet, without exhaustlng upon
cap, and faced the entire breast Of
the tunnel, which Is seven feet high
by 1--WE feet in width.
During 1885 there crossed Colum-
bia river bar 900 foreign vessels, as
follows; In January, 5 arrivals and
Is departures; In February, IS arri-
walls and 10 departures; Ia March, Z
arrivals and Q departures; In April, Z
arrivals and 8 departures; Ia May, 8
arrivals and 8 departures; in June, 8
arrivals and departures; in July, 10
arrivals and 10 departures; Ia August,
. arrivals and 8 departures; in Sep
TENDER, Is arrivals and s departures;
In October, 10 arrivals and 10 depar-
lures; In November, Is arrivals and
IA departures; Ia December, II ARR.
walls and 20 departures. During the
year ls9 vessels arrived, foreign, ana
lt0 sailed. II isa proud recerd for
the Columbia river bar that of all the
269, and Of the innumerable coasters,
and steamers that came In and crossed
out, there were but two accidents
and those minor ones, one sailing
vessel touching in going out, and
another sailing vessel touching on
comisg 10. Can any other port beat
the record for the yeArt-Astorian.
IDAHO.
Upon his arrival in Boise City re.
eently banquet was rendered Hon.
Fred Dubois, delegste-elect, and his
remarks on that occasion closed as
follows; Il have not made 9 single
promise or pledge during the entire
campaign, save that | would repre-
sent the entire Territory 70 the best
Of my ability. am ~ free 10 act on
any question that may arise IS aRy
OF you. | have no individuals or
localities 10 punish. | was elected
BY the people, regardless Of party,
and II | am true 10 myself | will
labor for the best interests Of the en-
tire Territory, regardless OF section
or party.
The Gear d'Alene section Is be
coming quite famous In the produc-
ton OF pockets. A large quantity
of gold has been taken from pockets
10 the mines in the vicinity Of
Murray. the past season. In one
mine several thousand dollars we're
found in q black mass Of ore, the
outside OF which somewhat resem bles
the old Missouri gambo. From the
Murray sun We clip the following
pertaining 70 q recent similar aind:
On Sunday afternoon. Lou. VIII
hanson. Of the Treasure Box mine,
which Adjoined the Occidens on the
east on what Is kn0wa as Ophir
Mountain. % which the Mother Lode
has given such prominence. hrouzhs
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